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Small Business: Surfers flee Microsoft's hard knocks; Explorer's security gaps prompt users to defect; Firefox leads as alternative.
Byline: Jeremy Quittner Browsing the web is an integral part of what GTK Marketing Group's 15 employees do every day. Last June, unfortunately, someone at the Brooklyn-based company accidentally imported a virus that quickly spread to all of the f Byline: Jeremy Quittner...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, security, small business, virus, Web browser
Research articles 2005-04-04
Vernier Networks Releases Immediate Security Update for Systems Susceptible to the Latest Internet Explorer VML Flaw
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Vernier Networks today announced that the company has made available an immediate security update that will give customers the ability to remediate all network systems that are susceptible to the latest Internet Explorer Vector Markup Language VML vulnerability.
Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Vernier Networks
Research articles 2006-09-28
SMBs Feeling Patch Management Pain From Microsoft's Recent Internet Explorer Security Vulnerabilities; On-demand Security Vendor Alert Logic Available To Comment on Effects of Multiple Patches and Microsoft's Fixes on SMBs
WHAT: A series of new vulnerabilities to Microsoft Internet Explorer recently made public has again caused a great deal of confusion among business owners and IT managers dealing with managing patches needed to close security holes.
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, on-demand, patch management, security, small and medium business
Research articles 2006-04-03
Tally Systems' NetCensus Identifies Repairs to Security Flaws in MS Internet Explorer Web Browser
HANOVER, N.H.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 13, 1997--The local product recognition feature of NetCensus, the PC inventory product from Tally Systems, not only allows users to define local recognition for internally developed applications but also detect the installation of the patch correcting the security flaws in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Tally, Web browser
Research articles 1997-03-13
WheelGroup announces security solution for Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability
SAN ANTONIO--BUSINESS WIRE--March 4, 1997--WheelGroup Corp. has developed a solution to the recent security vulnerability with the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser "Version 3.0" -- a vulnerability which has been touted by some as potentially the most serious security hole ever exposed for enterprise computing.
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security
Research articles 1997-03-04
Internet Security Systems provides protection against security vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--March 5, 1997--
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security
Research articles 1997-03-05
Gauntlet Firewall First to Protect Against New Microsoft Internet Explorer and Shockwave Security Flaws
GLENWOOD, MD--BUSINESS WIRE--March 25, 1997--
Tags: firewall, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security
Research articles 1997-03-25
NetSolve Provides 24 x 7 Network Monitoring Solution for Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Hole
AUSTIN, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--March 10, 1997--
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, network, network monitoring, security
Research articles 1997-03-10
Microsoft to Include Cylink Information Security Technology in Internet Explorer 4.0 and Windows NT 5.0; Standards-Based Security Technology to Enable Open and Robust Security for Microsoft's Upcoming Products
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 3, 1997--Cylink Corporation (NASDAQ:CYLK), a leading provider of information security solutions since 1984, today announced that Microsoft has licensed proposed standards-based security technology from Cylink for inclusion in Microsoft's forthcoming releases of Internet Explorer 4.0 and Windows NT 5.0.
Tags: information security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, security, security technology
Research articles 1997-09-03
Microsoft Targets Google Ad Revenues with New IE Version
Microsoft is moving ahead with version 8 of Internet Explorer, but the browser has picked up some interesting privacy features. But aside from privacy concerns, an additional consequence would be to make targeted advertising harder to achieve, which means pressure on Google, a noted Microsoft rival. by Erik Sherman
Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2008-08-27

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Is Updated with New Default Options
Microsoft is offering users the up-front option of making Internet Explorer 8 their default browser, or else staying with a rival browser, as part of a Patch Tuesday update. The new version of IE 8 comes as Microsoft finds itself losing browser market-share to Firefox and other rivals, and negotiating...
Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer
News items 2009-08-11
Older Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerable to Security Flaw
Researchers at Symantec say exploit code for a zero-day security vulnerability has been uncovered in Internet Explorer 6 and 7.Proof-of-concept code for an attack targeting old versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer has made its way online. According to Symantec, someone posted the code Nov. 20 to the Bugtraq mailing list. The...
Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
News items 2009-11-23
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Support Continues, Despite Calls for Phase-Out
Microsoft will continue to support Internet Explorer 6 through April 2014, despite calls from certain portions of the online community to phase out the eight-year-old browser. Although a significant percentage of people continue to use IE 6, that number has been dropping more of the online community either adopts Internet...
Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
News items 2009-08-12
BitDefender Issues Signature Update to Protect Users From New Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Printing Vulnerability
Researchers from BitDefender® , an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, have issued a signature update to protect users from a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. BitDefender is the first security vendor to issue an update, protecting users from targeted hacking attacks that...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, printing, vulnerability
Research articles 2008-05-21
Internet Security Systems Shields Customers from Flaws in Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player; ISS Warns That Flaws Could Be Used to Launch Successful Targeted Attacks Against Specific Individuals or Enterprises
ATLANTA -- Internet Security Systems, Inc. ISS (NASDAQ: ISSX), the worldwide leader in preemptive, enterprise security, today announced that it is providing preemptive protection for flaws announced today by Microsoft in Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. ISS deems five of these issues to be critical, as they can allow...
Tags: flaw, ISS, media player, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Windows Media
Research articles 2006-06-13
Microsoft to Fix Internet Explorer Security Hole Patch Tuesday
Microsoft is preparing to address 12 security vulnerabilities in this month's Patch Tuesday update. Among the critical fixes is a security patch for a zero-day vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7.Microsoft is planning to release six security bulletins for December?s Patch Tuesday, including one to cover the recently-disclosed zero-day...
Tags: security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Bulletin, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Vulnerability
News items 2009-12-03
Browsing the browsers: Internet Explorer's rivals
Internet Explorer has 63.62% of the global browser market, so what are the alternatives that consumers will be offered? Internet Explorer has 63.62% of the global browser market, so what are the alternatives that consumers will be offered? Firefox Created by the Mozilla Corporation, which in...
Tags: Web Browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer
News items 2009-12-16
Internet Security Systems Preemptively Protects Customers Against Critical Flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer; Flaw in Internet Explorer Allows Remote Attackers To Obtain Unauthorized Access to Affected Machines
ATLANTA -- Internet Security Systems, Inc. ISS (NASDAQ: ISSX) today announced that the company has provided customers with preemptive protection for the Internet Explorer Javascript Window Object vulnerability addressed by Microsoft in today's monthly security update. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could be used to gain unauthorized access to networks...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, network
Research articles 2005-12-13
TippingPoint Provides Zero Day Protection for Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability; TippingPoint's Digital Vaccine® Service Provides Complete Protection for New Microsoft Bulletins
AUSTIN, Texas -- TippingPoint, a division of 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS) and the leader in intrusion prevention, announced that it preemptively provided customers protection for all vulnerabilities disclosed by Microsoft today. In the case of the critical Internet Explorer IE vulnerability, TippingPoint customers were already protected from this zero day vulnerability...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, vaccine, vulnerability
Research articles 2005-07-12
Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Security Advisory
Microsoft says that it is investigating the reported vulnerability, which affects Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, and Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft says that...
Tags: Attack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Vulnerability
News items 2009-11-24
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